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Feloid vs Meloid - What's the difference?

feloid | meloid |

As nouns the difference between feloid and meloid

is that feloid is any member of the feloidea while meloid is (zoology) any beetle of the taxonomic family ; a blister beetle.

As an adjective feloid

is relating to the feloidea; feliform.

feloid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relating to the Feloidea; feliform.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any member of the Feloidea.

    • meloid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any beetle of the taxonomic family ; a blister beetle.
  • * 1981 , Murry Blum, Chemical Defenses of Arthropods , page 20,
    • Cantharidin is sometimes referred to as Spanish fly because of its derivation from adults of the large meloid Lytta vesicatoria that is commonly found in Spain; it is a potent vesicant with a putative function as an aphrodisiac.
  • * 2002 , Frank N. Young, Jr., Gene Kritsky, A Survey of Entomology , page 200,
    • Meloids are herbivorous as adults, and their larvae are parasites of bees or eat grasshopper eggs.
  • * 2005 , Thomas Eisner, Maria Eisner, Melody V. S. Siegler, Secrets Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Others Many-Legged Creatures , page 221,
    • Cantharidin is also a potent blistering agent.Individual meloids may contain as much as 17 milligrams of cantharidin, or 10% of live weight.
  • * 2009 , "Coleoptera", entry in Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé (editors), Encyclopedia of Insects , page 198,
    • Although meloids' are known to produce cantharidin, transfer of this compound during ' meloid mating has not been documented.

    See also

    * (Blister beetle)